Wisconsin Elections Commission
Wisconsin state commission charged with administering and enforcing election laws / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Wisconsin Elections Commission is a bipartisan regulatory agency of the State of Wisconsin established to administer and enforce election laws in the state. The Wisconsin Elections Commission was established by a 2015 act of the Wisconsin Legislature which also established the Wisconsin Ethics Commission to administer campaign finance, ethics, and lobbying laws. The two commissions began operation on June 30, 2016, replacing the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board (GAB), which was abolished.[2]
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Formed | June 30, 2016; 7 years ago (2016-06-30) |
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Headquarters | 201 W Washington Ave, Second Floor Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. 43°4′21.965″N 89°23′10.705″W |
Employees | 25.75 (2019)[1] |
Annual budget | $8,974,800 (2019)[1] |
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Website | elections |
The Government Accountability Board had been established in 2008 to replace the Wisconsin Elections Board and Wisconsin Ethics Board.[3]